The New Era: Brilliant Lances: Traveller Starship Combat
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Mischung aus komplexem SF-Rollenspiel und Raumschiff-Schlachten-Simulation¸ bzw. Strategiespiel.
Starship combat for Traveller The New Era roleplaying game (RPG).
CONTENTS: 3 play maps; 2 Player Aids Cards; Missile and Drone Log (partially used). Box is worn.
Vector-based movement. Detailed hit location and damage resolution. Lasers¸ particle accelerators¸ meson guns¸ detonation laser missiles¸ and the systems that defend against them. Extensive ship ratings¸ including New Era and pre-Collapse warships¸ from the swift Rampart fighter up to large naval and merchant vessels. Complete s...
CONTENTS: Rules booklet; Technical Booklet; 3 play maps; 2 Player Aids Cards; Missile and Drone Log; 2 sheets of counters (1 large sheet¸ 1 small; 183 counters total).
CONTENTS:
* 32-page Rules of Play
* 48-page Technical Booklet
* 3 play maps
* 2 Player Aids Cards
* Pad: Missile and Drone Log
* 2 sheets of counters¸ 1 large sheet¸ 1 small; 183 counters total
In space combat¸ you never see your opponent until its all over¸ if even then. With acquisition and tracking ranges measured in tens of thousands of kilometers¸ to human eyes the people that are trying to kill you are not even a speck. But they can hurt you¸ even though you cant see them. Precise laser arrays and big particle accelerators¸ honed by centuries of engineering¸ can reach out without warning to slit your hull like the belly of a fish¸ spilling life -- oxygen¸ heat¸ and fuel -- into the hard vacuum.
Thats why space combat is a game of cat-and-mouse. Keep yourself wrapped in the mantle of space-cold¸ dark¸ silent. Keep your thrust burns to minimum-they blaze like miniature suns for all to detect. Rig your passive sensors to greedily absorb data¸ but remain quiet yourself-give nothing away. Keep your weapons ready¸ in case... There! A faint trace of mid-wavelength infrared betrays a maneuver drive. Bring up the ladar dishes while the big passive array builds up a targeting solution. The moments seam endless while every crewmember shares the same thought: Have they seen us? Is the unseen enemy at this moment doing the same thing you are?
You might never know the answer. If you beat him¸ maybe youll find out. But what if you hadnt seen him first? Some questions must remain unanswered when death¸ unbidden¸ comes scorching toward you as silent¸ brilliant lances.
Brilliant Lances includes:
* Vector-based movement * Detailed hit location and damage resolution * Lasers¸ particle accelerators¸ meson guns¸ detonation laser missiles¸ and the systems that defend against them * Extensive ship ratings¸ including New Era and pre-Collapse warships¸ from the swift Rampart fighter up to large naval and merchant vessels * Complete starship design rules¸ usable both with this game and with the Traveller: The New Era roleplaying game.